suppletory

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SUP'PLETORY, adjective [from Latin suppleo, to supply.] Supplying deficiencies; as a suppletory oath. SUP'PLETORY, noun That which is to supply what is wanted.
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